Egg-tester.



R. A. TURLINGTON.

EGG TESTER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. a. I9I6.

Patented Oct. 24, 1916.

RANDALL A. TURLIN'GTON, 0F WILSON, NORTH CAROLINA.

EGG-TESTER.

Application filed February 8, 1916.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, RANDALL A. TURLING- TON, acitizen of the United States, residing at lVilson, in the county of `Wilson, State of North Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Egg- Testers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and eXact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

rl`he invention relates to egg-testers.

rihe object of the invention is to provide a simple and etlicient device for ascertaining the condition of eggs and which is so constructed that a large number of eggs can be examined in a relatively short period of time.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device oi the character named em bodying relatively few parts and which can be manufactured at a comparatively small cost.

lilith the above and other objects in view the invention consists in the details of construction and in the arrangement and ooml'vination oit parts to be hereinafter m. re fuily described and particularly pointed out in the appended claim. y

ln describing the invention in detail refe ence will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters of reference denrte corresponding parts in the several views, andin which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of an eggtester constructed in accordance with the invention; Fig. 2, a vertical section of the de- 1vice; Fig. 3, a vertical section taken at right angles to that disclosed in Fig. 2, and Fig. l, a perspective view of the egg carrier or tray.

Referring to the drawings the invention is shown as comprising a body casing A including the usual side members l0, bottom 11 and top 12. Rising from the top 12 is a tubular member 13 which communicates with the interior of the body A. The opposite walls of the tubular member 13 are provided with alined openings 11 for a purpose that will presently appear. Mounted Within the body A are condensing lenses 15 and 16.

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serial No. 76,953.

Disposed beneath the lens 16 and mounted on the bottom 11 is an electric lamp 17 which may be connected with a suitable electric source in any desired manner. Adapted to more through the openings 141 is an egg carrier or tray B which includes a bottom 18 provided with a? plurality of perforations 19 in which the eggs to be tested are adapted to seat. Rising from the bottom 18 at the ends thereoi| and between adjacent perforations 19 are shield plates 20. These plates are spaced apart the Width of the member 13 and are oi' a size equal to the size of the openings 14 so that when an egg is disposed within the member 13 in a position to be tested the plates 20 will close the openings 14s and retain all the light in the member 13.

lThe operatifn of the device will be obvious. ritter the eggs are seated in the perfor-ations 19 the carrier or tray B is passed progressively through the openings 11 and the condition of each egg is observed by looking through the upper end of the inember 13, the light oi"- the lamp reflected throrgh the lenses 15 and 16 and thrrugh the member 13 will enable the cfndition of the to be readily ascertained in the Well known manner.

What is claimed is An egg testing device comprising a casing, a lamp in said casing, a tubular eXtension rising from the top of the casing and communicating with the interior ot' the latter, means for projecting the light rays of the lamp through the tubular eitensifn, and an eggcarrier slidable through alined openings in the tubular extension. said carrier includinQ.` a base provided with a plurality of peritorations in which the eggs are adapted to seat. and shield plates rising from the ends of the base and between adjacent per'torations respectively, said plates closing the openings in the tubular extension when the carrier is in a testing position.

1n testimony whereof I aliix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

RANDALL A. TURLINGTON.

Witnesses:

E. H. ANDERSON, Rv. B. SIMPSON.

Commissioner elf Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

